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Seder-Step Program for School Families

Posted on 04/02/2015 | 7 comments

Seder step stations

I nearly called this post “Passover Carnival,” but was afraid you’d get the wrong idea. The wrong idea is a spree with lice races, chocolate matzah painting, origami frogs, and crafts. Continue reading →

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Posted in Activity, Crafts, Passover

Tagged carnival, school program, seder

Purim Carnival Alternative, Miztvah-centric

Posted on 03/03/2014 | Comments Off

Purim "scrip" that converts to real money after we calculate donations. Like non-digital bitcoin, but not really...

Purim “scrip” tickets become real money after tzedakah donations are calculated.

A Purim carnival without cheap, plastic prizes? What if instead of winning crappy, non-recyclable tchotchkes, a kid at a Purim carnival wins tzedakah tickets—Mitzvah Money—from each game, and then stuffs them into a pushke for his or her favorite charity? At least two synagogues are doing this already, and this year, mine will, too.
It’s just like Chuck E. Cheese, only instead of redeeming tickets for disposable clutter, kids donate tickets to help people less fortunate.
If the tzedakah-centric model sounds like carnival buzz-kill, read on.

(UPDATE: see pics and after-the-event update at next post, here) Continue reading →

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Posted in Activity, Purim

Tagged carnival, Fair, Justice Fair, mitzvah, purim, Tzedakah

Hands-on Menorah Quiz (for School, Carnival)

Posted on 12/04/2013 | 2 comments

Gelt just for playing, Prize Draw for big winner later

The word “quiz” is instant Carnival buzzkill, right? Hardly the sort of catchy title to entice kids to a Chanukah Carnival station. But really, it is a quiz, my activity, not a game. And if it’s facilitated in the right spirit, it will be fun. And educational. And memorable. I promise. Continue reading →

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Posted in Activity, Crafts, Hanukkah

Tagged carnival, game, kosher, menorah, quiz

Origami Dreidels

Posted on 12/13/2010 | 4 comments

Origami Dreidel station at a Hanukkah carnival

This is a classic design, and fairly easy to teach to little kids. It comes from Florence Temko’s book Jewish Origami (still in print). Continue reading →